Debunking the Myth of "Just" Being an Educational Interpreter II: Book Club

October 9-December 11, 2018

Debunking the Myth of "Just" Being an Educational Interpreter II: Book Club is an online book discussion group of Dr. Melissa Smith's book More Than Meets the Eye: Revealing the Complexities of an Interpreted Education. The training explores her research and its relevance to interpreting practice in K-12 school settings. Participants read and then discuss portions of the book within three one-week sessions. Smith actively participates in the discussion.

More Than Meets the Eye: Revealing the Complexities of an Interpreted Education can be purchased through the book seller of your choice. Two book sellers that carry the book are Gallaudet University Press and Amazon.

Smith is a professor in and the director of the ASL-English interpreting program at Palomar College in San Marcos, California. She earned doctoral and master's degrees in teaching and learning from the University of California, San Diego, and a bachelor's degree in Spanish with a minor in American Indian studies from San Diego State University. Her doctoral research explores the practices and decisions of interpreters working in public schools and was published by Gallaudet University Press as More Than Meets the Eye: Revealing the Complexities of an Interpreted Education (2103). Smith's extensive background in education, her own experiences as a second language learner, and her work as an interpreter and interpreter educator allow her to examine the work of educational interpreters through multiple lenses. More important, as the parent of a deaf teenager, she brings a unique perspective to her work and presentations.

This Professional Studies program is offered up to 0.9 CEUs at the some Content Knowledge Level. If you require a reasonable accommodation for this event, please contact training.clerccenter@gallaudet.edu by October 5, 2018.

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